Door-hanger.



, Wim' 30.873,230.4 l PATBNTBD DB0. 1o, 190.7.

J. w. HARRIS.

DOOR HANGER..

APPLIOTIONTILED MAB. 20, 1907.

'A Tm/NVE Ys WIL Y jJ//ZwW/ms -Tokall whom it 'mag/"concern:-

UNrrED sans @nur gf i i JAMEs wA'rsoN. HARRIS, on ASHLAND, onioi.

'Doon-Handen l Be it known thatI, JAMEsWA'rsoN HAR- nrs," a citi-zen ofthe United States, residing at Ashlandin the county of Ashland and Stateof Ohio, have invented f a new and useful Door-Hanger, of whifcli thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates primarily to dor l Another object .of theinvention resides in" the hanger which travels in the track and sup.orts the door". "This hanger is vprovided wit a lianfe head suppe* .edon balls carried by the trac and has itslower end slotted to receive ayoke or. hook attached to; the door in such man-ner that the latter maybeLdrawn bodily away from the `side of the car'or building when it is tobe operated, thereby, giving perfect freedom of movement without fear"or danger of itssliding against the wall of the" structure, and whenmoved to close the open ing of. a' building o'r car it canflbe pushed asclosely and as tightly. against Athe wall as' doors now in use.

A further objectfof the invention is its-` adaptabilityfor use as theguideway and car# rier of anl overhead conveyor, such as arepem-v ployedin faftories andother large establish= ments tolcarry. bulkyv objectsfrom place to place therein.

with these' and the? Objets inwiewthe invention consists in the novelconstruc`-tion,f-y combinationv and` arrangementfof lp'arts herefinafter described and definitely c-laimediv Figure 1 is a sideelevationof a portion of a car, showing the door thereof. supported by theimproved doorhanger. "Fig, '2 isan enlarged end view showing thesupportingbracket, the track carried thereby,.the'hanger I and portionof a door suspended therefrom:

Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views in section representing differentpositions of the door with respect to the hanger. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of a modied form of the device.

Specicatoniof Letters Patent. Application met Mira 2o, 19t-7. serai No.363,455.

l"tlie'form substantially that showninFig. 2,

and 1 5 to form' the narrowinc lball tracks-in whichtrav'el balls 18,seated in patented Dee. 1o, i'eojr.

saine parts in allthe figi 1 res..v f

Directing the attention particuiarly'. t'o Fig. 1,. the side of a caror'iother structureindicated the numeralLQis `irovided withal clos'ureor door 2, constructed"inanywelll known way. Above the door 2andparallel with rits'top edge is arailj or'track 13, shown more clearly inFig. 2, supported at intervals. by brackets 4. .At the top 'of -the doornear each end, or at more--freqkixientintervals 1f necessary, areboltedfor.,'ot erwise fastened, yokes 5 (see Figs, 2 to '4,) The yokes5are.

slidably mountedin,anvopening {ormed in I 'the lower end` o f thehanger8*,-vthe,up er end i vof said. hanger engaging withthe trac 3 and 'A f(a movable'therein. f

Thetrack 3 may be made of cast 4metal of:

but by preference. itwill be'made of stripsfof sheet steel bent into.shape by suitable dies. Ankend view of the trackshows a attopQ.,

of suitable y"width bent'downwardly at 10 and 11 to form sides 12 and 13inclining inwardly towaridsthe center of .the track. 'The ends ofeachfside 12, 13 Iare bentupwardlyat 14 ined portions 16', 417. sides12,A 13111 connectlonA with". theupturned portions 1.6, 17 form'V-shapedthe under sidev of the iianged head 19 of the v hanger 8. As clearlyillustrated in Fig. 2 the head 19of'the` hanger y8 projectsequally ono'pposite'sides of the upright nortionof-the y' i 90 making aslight'depression'in thev undersur-y if hanger overlying the ballE track20. By

face of the head 19 o'nibach sidfj of the-hanger 'the balls 18 willberetained-.inplace and 'a l 7 simple,easily'operatingbearinghe produced.l It is alsofto be observe'dthat the a't topf9'3of 95 1 thetrack"aff`ordsa coverfor `the ball tracks v. andfhangen'fandas'thesides12, 13 and-thelf narrow portions 16, i'incline downwardly Iand towardeachother? such rain and moisv ture'as falls on the track'jwill. dripVoffor ruii1100;t

off! therefrom and dropfr'om the bends afi 15 makihg it lvery difficultfredarrtpnessjto. penetrate the interiorof the trac k. v -j:Thebr'abkets 4 are*n "bstanti lly '0' outline represented 1.2. comrising. f outstandin 'cent-'ralf "ortioriil an 'an up er and lower oot22 w ichlatter are boltedpor otherwiseifastened to a wall or other partof the structure. The under side of the central portion or body 21 ofthe bracket is shaped 110 `birnrlar numerals of reference indicate theme greater' l mrFie 1, .or a 'single hanger maybdused exp.. .l

' 'Width of the door ib .The hanger 23 in this modified form is made.

pended'door 2. By sh e. track its top side, the depen -bein'g fastened,respective -wall but after the doorl .tothe outline ofthev track. `Thesocket thus Vformed embracing over one-half of the sides 12, 13 of thetrack, therebygivinr it a irni support toI the .downward pull 4o thesusaping thel track sockets in the bracket in 4the manner described, itnot necessaryio have them timmovably around the track, but they maybesuHijeiently large vto allow end movement oi'v :he and` at the sainetime hold it -s'uffi. ciently iirm for all necessa purposes.

The hanger 8 is ro'videldywith a headlQ, as heretoforestatef, and

ugh which the yoke 5 isf passed. The Width ofthe hangers 8 mayt be 'ithan thejyoke 5 as represented tendingthe width `of-tliedoorr;

.The yoke .Sis attached to the upper part ofthe door and projects ashort y." to the outside The top'o the-yoke .the Opening 7 in the andinside of'the door.

anger 8 in an intermediate until the innerend -of the' yoke 26 restsaainst the hanger 8 as. 11i-Fig. 43, whic movement brings'the door away4from the side Wall 1 and permits it to moved'ivithout dan er ofVstriking said. as been closed-it is pushed toward the Wall until thedepending outwardly ortin.v 25 of the yoke' rests ainst the anger 8, as.shown in Fig'. 4. his-bringsthe' door close against the Wall and- Whenlockedvm position Will remainin tact therewith. If ldesired the yoke 5.may be replaced by the hook 6 sliown.- in Fig. 5, which latter isfastened tothe outer side of the door, .so that' the lateral extension28 ofthe hook will project over the top of said door but a shortdistance above it and extendthrough vthe hole 7 of the hanger, beingretained depending ange 29 onV the hook.` Inthe saine figure is shownthe as heretofore mentioned.

ofsheet steel bent ,uponitself to formthe ht portion of the hanger, thefoldof is at the b'ottom. Theends are tur-ned laterally in oppositedirections to form a hich slides on t h e.inturned endsv of a dattubulartrack 24.

Having thus described the invention what lis'claimed'inf.- 1. In a doorhanger the combination with and within said track, and a an opening 7near.

way above portions 25, 26

shown..

Aan over head close con-I.

hanger, whereby in ast'raight line therein bya hanger extending thefullmy own, I have hereto affixed bracket for said track socketed to guideand embrace the upper part of said track, a

hanger supported on the upturned ends of door suspending member. looselyattached to'said hanger to permit ofindependent movement of 'said`suspending memberin a direction transverse tosaidtrack.

2. In a door hanger, the'combination with al covered track havinginwardly inclined de#A ball tracktormcd in the endingsides and afowerend of each-of said-sides, a

s ace beingy eft between said ball tracks, o

track. and. provided 4with ball seats 'units under surface,

mit of indepen 3.' Ina door hanger a' covered track having tradi formedin the werfends of each of said sides separated by a space, of a' hangerhavin@P a anged head travelin within said trac 4and provided w'ith baseats; on its under surfaceland an opening in its .lower end and a tothe door and adapted. to slide in opening. transversely of the track.-

4. In a ldoor hanger the combination with said track,"of a hangersupported therein and inovablein a longitudinal direction, and a yokefrom which the door is susended .and adapted to slide freely back andorth in an opening in saidhanger in a direction transverse to themovement of said said door is carried bodily to and from the openingtobe closed.

5'. In a door hanger., a track therefor, made of'sheetmetal and having aflat top,

downwardly extending sides inclining tolWards the center'of the track.and upwardly inclining edves .said incline .edges in connection withthe atthe bottom of said sides,

sides yofthe track'forni tivo grooves which serve as ball tracks.'

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my signature inthe presenceoftwo'wi'tnesses.

JAMES WATSON HARRIS.

I Witnesses:

CHARLEY R. Fox, G. B. .TALLENrIRa between which is left a.

yoke attachedA -a hanger- L Vhaving a flangedhead traveling within said`anda door suspending mem- .'ber loosely sup ortedby said hanger toperdent movement of said mein? "ber in a direction transverse to saidtrack. the combination with l inwardlv inclined dc` pendingsides andaball

